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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Brokeback Fila's

Sorry, I took this picture and could only think of Brokeback Fila's.

You get fitted for the perfect running shoe. Your gait is analyzed, your weight is taken into consideration. Elation, the perfect shoe, might be ugly BUT functionality is perrrrfect. Soft, light ride, enough cushion, no pains, no real shoe adjustment body wise. That was me yearrrs ago and, like most, been dedicated to the same shoe. Your local shoe store says - Fila is getting out of the running shoe business. I think they're feeding me a line to get me into another shoe. I start calling around. Nope, no more Fila running shoes. Your best bet is to find them online somewhere. I've been doing that for the last year. My recent search and find was at Shore Runner in New Jersey. I call them, yep, one pair, my size, $30!!! $5 bucks shipping and I'm brought back to life. I've spent $100 on these in the past so there is justice in this $30 pair of shoes. I know I'll have to brreak down sometime and get refitted but I don't want to mess with a good thing. What's even better, these shoes are screaming to be run in and I'M still sitting here with a sprained ankle, yep, still swollen...from 12/31/08! BLASTED!

Swim, football AND Rock of Love Bus, oh yeah, trash TV at its finest. I can't wait...I really can't wait to get in these new shoes. New shoes make me faster, don't they?

9 comments:

When I ran roads, I was a die-hard Saucony girl. I think they changed models faster than I went through a pair. It's very frustrating that shoe manufacturers don't understand how important "fit" is to us! Someone should talk to them!

Stock up on those shoes!! Reminds me of the good old days when I used to do the Houston Marathon (12 of them) and at the pre race expo vendors would sell discontinued and last years models for a fraction of the cost.

I love finding deals on my favorite shoe too. As for the sprained ankle. No fun. I did that last summer for the 3rd time and finally learned my lesson to NOT run for 6 weeks. Elliptical yes. Run no. I'm sure you don't have all the ice and snow we have so you're more able to get out there, but hopefully you can be patient and it will heal faster!

IronMissy - it's official!

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I'm not really great at swimming, biking or running...I'm just OK at all three! Hell, I pretty much just ride for fun and run for the company any more. I have dogs instead of kids and think that all my friends WITH kids are saints. I write as though I'm talking so forgive my "proper" use of grammar.